Awning



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. P. FOGH. AWNING.

(No Model.)

No. 584,075. Patented June 8,1897.

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C. P. FOGH. AWNING.

No. 584,075. Patented June 8,1897.

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CHRIS P. FGGH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AWNING. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,075, dated June 8,1897'.

Application filed November 9, 1896. Serial No. 611,461. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it Hwy concern.-

.Be it known that I, CHRIS P. FOGH, a citizen of Denmark, residing inthe city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Awnings; and I hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of awnings which are carried byswinging arms and are adapted, by means of suitable mechanism, to be letdown to an incline, into position for shading the part to which they areattached, and are again adapted to be rolled up out of the way when notneeded.

My invention consists in certain new and useful improvements relatingparticularly to the manner in which the awning is mounted and is adaptedto roll up and to unroll, and means by which this rolling action of theawning is eiiected.

It also consists in the novel construction and means for operating theside pieces of the awning.

It also consists in the novel construction and relative arrangement ofadjacent awnings bywhich the joint between them is closed and the awningthus made continuous; and it finally consists in the means by which theawning is carried around a corner, all of which, together with detailsof construction, I shall hereinafter fully describe.

The object of my invention is to provide an awning adapted, by means ofsuitable lines extending to within easy reach, (preferably and usuallyto a point inside of the store or room,) to be readily hoisted andlowered, said actions taking place by rolling and unrolling, so that theawning is disposed of in the most efiective, convenient, and presentablemanner; and a further object is to provide for making several awningscontinuous and for carrying them around a corner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof the general arrangement of my awnings. Fig. 2 is avertical section ofone of the awnings. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the spring-roller G andits attachments. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the corner-awnin gs,looking up from beneath them. Fig. 5 is a view showing the constructionfor having one awning overlap an adjacent one.

A represents the part of the building or series of buildings orstructures to which the awning is to be applied.

Referring now to a single awning, B are arms pivoted or hinged to thestructure A or to suitable hearings or rods thereon, whereby they mayswing upwardly to a position approximately parallel to the face of thestructu re and downwardly to an angle therewith, after the usual mannerof awning-arms. In the outer ends of these arms is carried a roller 0,to which is secured the awning D, the other end of which is fixedlysecured to the upper portion of the face of the structure A.

E is a line secured to the periphery of the roller G and thenceextending to and through a guidepulley F and thence to within reach ofthe operator, say to a point inside of the structure, where it isadapted to be secured upon a cleat c. This line is the lowering-line.

G is a line which is secured at one end to the top of the structure Aoutside of the awning, and thence extends downwardly over the outer faceof the awning and freely around the roller C and up the inner face ofsaid awning, and thence through suitable sheaves or pulleys H on thestructure A, and thence to within reach of the operator, and may beadapted to be secured either upon a different or upon the same cleate.Now, supposing the awning to be down to operative position, if the lineG,which is a hoisting-line, be pulled upon and the line E be free to payout, the line G will cause the roller to turn upon its axis and therebywind itself up on the awning, at the same time winding the loose line Eupon itself, and this will continue until the roller has reached the topof the structure A, the arms B swinging upwardly, at which time theawning will be wound entirely upon the roller, and the winding beingfrom the inside it leaves the awning from its point of attachment withthe structure A of the roller free of any shoulders or pockets andpresents a smooth continuous surface on the face of the structure inwhich nothing can lodge. Now, supposing the awning to be in its wound-upor inoperative position, as just mentioned, it the line G be freed andthe line E be pulled upon it will cause the roller 0 to unwind itselffrom the awning and to swing downwardly with the arms B to the operativeor extended position, during which movement the line Gr pays freely out.Thus the awning, instead of winding up from the top, as is usual, windsup from the bottom and is kept perfectly smooth. The scallops cl of theawning are wound up inside and do not, like those of the ordinaryawning, remain exposed when the awning is raised and act as conductorsto drop water down upon people below. In order to assist this action ofthe lines and especially the winding-up action of the line G, the roller0 is provided with an internal spring I, which is so mounted, after themanner of such devices, that as the roller descends the spring is woundup, whereby when the roller is ascending the spring in unwinding willturn it and assist the line G in winding the awning up. This springmechanism need not be de scribed, as it may be any of the well-knowngeneral forms of spring-actuated rollers, one end of the rollerbeingpivoted in one bracket and the other bracket carrying fixedly thefree end of the spring connection, the other end of which is attached tothe roller, so that as the roller turns the spring is wound up. Thetension of this springis regulated to such an extent that while it willnot entirely overcome the "friction and weight of the connections itwill assist in the turning of the roller and thereby permit acomparatively slight pull upon the line G to cause the roller to wind upinstead of merely being pulled up u bodily, as the tendency of theunassisted line G would be. In unrolling the weight of the roller andconnections serve to overbalance the spring, in connection with the pullon the line E, so that both in rolling up and unrolling the operation ofthe roller is easy.

J are the end pieces of the awning. These are of triangular shape andadapted to fill the triangular openings at the ends of the awnin g.These pieces are fastened at their bases to spring-actuated rollers K,mounted and adapted to turn upon the swinging awningarms B, and at theirpoints or upper ends they are secured to lines L, which extend throughsuitable guide-pulleys land thence to a cleat within reach, which may bea separate cleat or the same cleat e, as may be desired.

By freeing the lines L the spring-actuated rollers K will immediatelydraw down and roll up the end pieces J, and said end pieces are thusdisposed of around the arms Bin small and compact compass, so that inthe hoisting of the main awning they are not in the way. When the mainawning is lowered to position, the end pieces J are then raised to theirplaces.

lVhen a second awning immediately adjacent to the first is to beprovided for and where it is desired to not have each awning completewith its own end pieces, the adjacent end pieces and the two awnings maybe omitted and the following construction employed to make the twoawnings practically continuous by closing the joint between them:

This second awning, which I have designated by the letter D, is carriedby end arms (designated by B) which at their extremities are bentoutwardly, as shown at b, so that they may carry a roller 0, which islonger than the space necessary to be covered by the awning.

The awning D is made as wide as the roller is long, so that it will beseen that said awning is long enough to overlap the awning D and thusform a close joint. The awning D is fastened to the structure A at ahigher point than the awning D, so that the awning D plays over theawning D, the extended ends of the arms B permitting them to clear thearms and roller of the adjacent awning D both in falling to position andin rising. Otherwise the awning D, with its operating gnechanism, issimilar to that heretofore described.

In the structure or series of buildings A. I have shown a corner a, andimmediately upon this corner I have shown an awning D provided with allthe necessary operative parts and connections heretofore described.Around the corner I have shown an awning D of the same character, and asthese awnings D and D extend squarely from the face of the structure towhich they are attached there is left a triangular opening between theiradjacent edges which must be filled.

\V here the awnings are entirely distinct and separate, each may becompletely inclosed byits own end pieces, such as I have heretoforedescribed; but where they are not distinct and it is desired to makethem continuous it is done by means of a triangular awning-piece M. Thisis mounted at its base upon a spring-actuated roller N, one end of whichis hinged to a bracket it, carried by the swinging arm of awning D andthe other end of which is adapted to lie when not in use in asupporting-bracket n on said side arm.

The free end of the roller, when relieved from its supporting-bracket,is turned around, so that said roller crosses the space between theawning D and D and the free end of said roller rests in asupporting-bracketn on the swinging arm of the awning D In this positionthe triangular awning-piece M covers the space between the two awnings,and the upper end of said piece is attached to a line on, which isconducted by suitable pulleys to within reach of the operator. In usingthis filling-in piece M its normal place is on the swinging arm of theawning D but when its roller is turned to cross the space between thetwo awnings the awning-piece M may be rolled and unrolled by means ofthe line 172.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as .new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the awning having a fixed connection at its upperedge, the roller to which the lower edge of the awning is secured andupon and from which it winds and unwinds, the swinging arms carryingsaid roller, and means for rotating the roller whereby it winds up andunwinds the awning, consisting of a line secured to and winding upon theperiphery of the roller and adapted to unwind said roller to extend theawning, and a second and independent line fixed at one end and passingfreely over both sides of the awning and around the roller, and adaptedto turn said roller to cause it to wind up the awning.

2. The combination of an awning having a fixed connection at one edge, aroller to which the other edge of said awning is attached, a springmechanism tending'to rotate said roller, swinging arms carrying theroller and means for hoisting and lowering the awning, consisting of aline secured to and winding upon the periphery of the roller and adaptedto positively unwind said roller to extend the awning, and a separateand independent line fixed at one end and passing freely over both sidesof the awning and around the roller and adapted to turn said roller tocause it to wind up the awning.

The combination of an awning havinga fixed connection at one edge, aspring-controlled roller to which the other edge of said awning isattached, swinging arms carrying the roller, a line secured to andwinding upon the periphery of the roller and adapted to positivelyunwind said roller to extend the awning, another and separate line fixedat one end and passing freely over both sides of the awning and aroundthe roller and adapted to turn said roller to cause it to wind up theawning, the end pieces for closing in the ends of the awning, thespring-actuated rollers on the swinging arms of the awning upon whichsaid end pieces are mounted and lines connected with said end pieces forhoisting and lowering them.

4. The combination of adjacent awnings having swinging side arms withwhich they raise and lower, one of said awnings being in a higher planethan the other, and having its side arms extended over said other, saidhigher awning being wide enough to overlap the adjacent edge of thefirst awning whereby the joint is closed.

The combination of adjacentawnings extending at an angle with relationto each other whereby a space is left between them, said awnings havingswinging side arms with which they raise and lower, the means forclosing said space, consisting of an awningpiece corresponding to theshape of said space, a swinging spring-actuated roller adapted to beextended between the adjacent side arms of the two awnings and removedtherefrom and having the base of the awning-piece secured to it, and asuitableline attached to the upper end of said awning-piece.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHRIS P. FOGI-I. ito csses:

S. H. Nonnsn, Jnssin G. BRODIE.

